World: The Architect

News of the riots was at first kept from India's ailing Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru. A week after his stroke, he looked weak and his left
eye seemed strained and unfocused. The Indian government insisted that
Nehru was rapidly on the mend, but privately even the most optimistic
of his doctors indicated that the 74-year-old Indian leader would be
bedridden for at least two months, and after that would be able to work
for only a few hours daily.

Center of Gravity. More and more, Congress Party leaders were arguing
for a succession arrangement....